Territorial Economics
Theory and Practice
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Luca Salvati, Alessandro Muolo
- Language: English
Territorial Economics: Theory and Practice is a groundbreaking textbook on territorial economics gives a valuable overview of economic dynamics, urbanization, and regional develo… Read more
Description
Description
Initial chapters cover territorial economics, exploring the concept of 'territory' in economic development and analyzing regional economic systems' role in spatial planning. Subsequent chapters cover agricultural spaces, environmental sustainability, regional disparities, and land-use challenges. The book concludes with a focus on data sources, variables, and indicators essential for applied economics. Integrating urban studies, demographic dynamics, and environmental assessment, it provides a holistic view of economic dynamics and spatial planning that is a vital resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying economic geography, urban studies, and related fields.
Key features
Key features
- Introduces a pioneering perspective on 'territorial economics' for economic geography studies
- Explores the essentials of space, regions, and cities in an 'economics of places' framework
- Addresses the link between applied economics, regional science, and territorial economics
- Focuses on land-use challenges, regional disparities, and territorial governance strategies
- Offers practical examples, questions, and simplified exercises using official statistics to enhance understanding of local economics
Readership
Readership
Undergraduate /early graduate courses focused on Economic Geography in Environmental Science, Urban Economics and Applied Economics programs as well as those applying the concept in other disciplines.
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Applied economics and regional science
3. Globalization and the region: The rising importance of ‘territorial economics’
4. From ‘global’ cities to ‘local’ tows: emerging paradigms in urbanization and economic growth
5. Between morphology and functions: Settlements models, urban growth, and the uneven expansion of metropolitan regions
6. Diversification, resilience, crisis
7. Looking at the other side of the fringe: agricultural spaces and rural development
8. The land-use conundrum: regional disparities, landscapes, and territorial governance
9. Data sources, Variables, Indicators. A primer in official statistics for applied economics
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Luca Salvati
Luca Salvati is an Associate (staff) professor of applied economics and economic statistics at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Since 2001 he has been staff researcher at the National Council for Research in Agriculture and the Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA). He is an expert in official statistics, spatial statistics, Geographic Information Systems and Remote sensing applied to socioeconomic and environmental issues. He has conducted studies on topics of economic statistics, urban economics, regional demography, and sustainable development, using exploratory multivariate statistics and geographic information systems for decision support. He has held courses in Economic Statistics (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Basic Mathematics (University of Rome La Sapienza), Multivariate Statistics (University of Roma Tre), Regional Economics (University of Camerino, University of Eastern Piedmont), Strategic Evaluation of environmental impact (University of Roma Tre). He has supervised master's and doctoral theses and has published more than 30 printed books and over 600 scientific publications in English.
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